| He would lie on the ground and gaze upward at the heavens and pray for deliverance. |
| The key is that we look to God for salvation and deliverance, which may be in this world, but if not, then in the judgement to come. |
| Or, just perhaps, the prayers of the faithful for deliverance from ungodly rule are at last being heard. |
| For centuries, Italians had turned to the Virgin Mary in times of individual or collective trouble to ask for salvation or deliverance. |
| After the first diaries, which deal with years of persecution and suffering, one expects this one to be a chronicle of deliverance. |
| Afraid he had not sacrificed in the proscribed manner, he squeezed his eyes shut and called out a prayer to God for deliverance. |
